Miami's Republican mayor won't vote for Trump: 'He mistreats people'

The mayor of Florida's second-largest city will not be voting for Donald Trump come November.

“No, of course not,” Mayor Tomás Regalado, who serves in a non-partisan post but is a Republican, told the Miami Herald on Wednesday.

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Florida's 29 electoral votes could go a long way in deciding who is elected the next president. In the last four election cycles, the candidate winning the state in November has been elected or re-elected to the presidency.

Regalado is only the latest Florida Republican to say Trump will not receive his vote in the fall, along with Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Carlos Curbelo and former Gov. Jeb Bush, who had previously signed a pledge with the Republican National Committee to support the party's eventual nominee.

The mayor noted being mistreated as a schoolboy for having dark hair, recalling, "They said, ‘Spic, go back home,’”

“He mistreats people, speaks derisively of people,” Regalado said, speaking about Trump. “A president’s biggest asset is the bully pulpit. This guy is capable of creating national and international chaos.”

Regalado said he would still vote in November for other federal positions but suggested he could leave the presidential box blank.